For investment promotion agencies (IPAs), the phrase "aftercare" might represent many different things. It is characterized as a variety of operations ranging from post-establishment facilitation services to developmental assistance aimed at retaining investment, encouraging follow-on [...]
Outward direct investment (ODI) is a form of business strategy in which a domestic firm expands operations into a foreign country. Also called outward foreign direct investment or direct investment abroad, ODI can take on [...]
The world's longest land border has been closed for over 14 months. The historic closing of the 5,525-mile border between the United States and Canada has been closed to non-essential travel since March 2020. [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the most drastic work shift in contemporary human history. At the outset of the pandemic, the option to work from home meant some industries could continue to stay afloat while [...]
As we surpass the 13-month mark of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, industries have learned how to cope with the virus that flipped the world upside down. Between online sales and curbside pick-up, take-out dining, [...]
You've been using plastic cards as transactions for payments for years. The thought of fishing cash and coins out of your pocket or purse to pay for something is already considered by many to be [...]
The common expression throughout the pandemic, "we're all in this together," now includes drones. Because when it comes to social distancing, delivery drones are by definition, perfect. They certainly have the distancing portion down pact [...]
Uncertainty about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the global investment policy environment will continue to affect foreign direct investment in 2021 as "further weakness" is expected in the new year, "risking sustainable recovery." According [...]
Imagine being able to travel from Miami to Orlando in under half an hour? Or hopping on a hyperloop at 8 am in Montreal and making it Toronto by 8:45 am? Think about tackling [...]
Over the past 11-months many North American businesses have faced bankruptcy and/or permanent closure as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With the rise and unavoidable pivot towards e-commerce, many brick and mortar [...]
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